Go into your mouse properties and uncheck ‘Curser Trails’ or whatever the wording is. I struggled with this for a couple days and found out you can not use pointer trails.
Hope this helps.
Latest posts made by dmjohnsnx2
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RE: Lost my cursor
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RE: Bug? Crashes when leaving simulaton at 1920 x 1080
What is your Bit and Ratio you are using?
Right now I’m using 1600x1024 16 bit 25:16 in BMS, but using 1680x1050.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m using a Sony 40" Smart TV for my main monitor. I’m going to start experimenting with different resolutions to see if I can get the insturment panels to come in clearer. I’m not using a Tracker so when I switch views to see them, they are still a little fuzzy, and yes I have done ‘Look Close’ but I think it can still come out a bit clearer.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
I think I was just having a bad day. I spent too long in the military with multiple deployments to not recognize when I don’t know something. As I understand my lack of knowledge on this sim, I am trying to get instructions and help from this community.
I have the manuals and have printed out the Falcon BMS Keyboard Layout (QWERTY/US Int.) but I’m not sure where to find the the .pr0 file that goes with the layout. I tried the X52.pr0 profile and didn’t see anything in it.
And yes, I have been looking through the forums.
I’m not a programmer and I don’t understand the DX file system. It sounds like it is supposed to be easy, but I don’t understand running the file lines into the DX numbers.
Since a lot of the comments I’m seeing are a couple years old I’m not sure if I can get reply’.I have also gone back to flying F4 while I’m doing my studying BMS Falcon. I do know I need a lot more flight hours. I see most of the senior members have been on this for years and with the vids I’ve watched are great flying.
I looked at the BMS Viperdrivers and realized how much I really, really don’t know.I will continue to strive to be a sim pilot sometime down the line, but I do need help.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
I talked my wife into letting me ‘borrow’ our 35" security monitor to be able to see better. I still have my w1907 monitor as well.
I have put all (Ithink) the manuals on both of my tablets. I just emailed them to myself so I would have the same on all devices.One issue I see already is that the resolutions are going to give me an issue the 35" will work for my main screen til we get our new TV, then I will have a 55" flight monitor.
I’m not a programmer by any means so I will take all the advice I can get. To destress I tried a flight in F4AF, but I can’t control what screen it comes up on. Do you, or anyone reading this know how to control what screen I want to use?
If I could get the HDMI cable in the plug in on my video card I could have 3 monitors, basically having 2 19" MFD’s.Is there someone I can pick thier brain on this aas I have many questions and I’m embarrased about the title of this thread.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
Agree. So, what do you need? Your HOTAS is pretty popular, have you checked that subforum?
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?52-Saitek
I used the link and saw what was there, but have not had time to sit in front of my controls. I’ve been on my iPad while reading the thread. I am going to try to get some time this evening. I’ve got 5 acres of property and chores to get ready for winter months. I will get to it ASAP.
I went to the link and looked through it. I didn’t realize the last post on that thread was 2012. I went through the beginning steps in the DX profile and got confused after it started talking about numbers and code. I don’t understand the computer codes that are entered in these files.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
It was suggested to add my apology to the, ill advised, original post.
Default A humble apology
First of all I want to say that I did not intend to be rude or offend any of those who obviously worked for such a long time to get this program put together. I do have issues where my mouth starts moving before my mind kicks into gear. I was only putting my frustrations out.But I did say that I will take everyones advice. I’m not the ass my last comment made it sound like.
I assumed I was in dogfight mode due to the firing funnel that was showing.
I went through the setup along with the keystroke list. I wanted to make sure that I would be able to do the basics in Fighter Sweep, and Moving Mud. I have used both of those as training to understand how the real missions would go.I spent approximately 5 hours trying to get the the system set up, between not having the correct app, torrent, and the first .zip file I downloaded being corrupted, and the ever present “you must restart your computer for these changes to take efffect”. I do admit that there are so many more moving parts than I found to be in F4AFand I was expecting every thing to be the same.
When I went through the keystroke file, I did make changes that should have taken effect, and about a thousand more that I do not understand yet. As for doing my due diligence, I did read about the new system, I went through the FAQ’s, and read some of the forum that would apply to those like me that are new to this particular program. But no, I didn’t read the hundreds of pages that are with HMS.I owe, and am apologizing for my comments. I have earned the scorn of all the other users of the sim, this forum, and the developers.
I will not slink away from the approriate comments from each of you, but I do understand if you wish that I leave this forum. I will leave it to the members and moderators to decide what is appropriate.I do humbly apologize.
I did ask for and was given help earlier when I could not get the .zip file to download. The advice was exactly what I needed for that.
I am not using this as an excuse, but to let you know a small bit about me. I was injured in an IED blast in May 2007 in Ramadi, Iraq. My doctors recommended I do a new hobby, learn a new language, or anything else that would help the wires in my brain to reconnect, and start growing new pathways. I chose Falcon 4 because I had flown Falcon 3 a couple decades earlier. I have the book for F4AF, printed cheat sheets with the keystrokes listed, and I printed out chapters so I could carry them with me to read when my wife would be driving us somewhere. Mostly to learn about the flight characteristics, weapons, electronics, avionics, etc…maybe I didn’t do my due diligence on the new system, but I have read just about everything I could get my hands on for F4AF. My “issue” is that my short term memory is very short, I get frustrated very easily, and as I said earlier, my mouth starts moving before my brain starts thinking.
Now that you may understand a small bit about what caused my disrespectful rant, I will answer all questions put to me, and will listen to all advice I can get. I very much wanted an updated version of the game. I was “commissioned” in 2008, I flew as much as I could back then and was pleased when the next portions came out, and I was very pleased to find that there were those who wouldn’t let the community die out. After flying, working with the training modules, working on getting my HOTAS profiled I would be off on another project in life and would only fly a few times a month, and that was only the training exercises. But while away from flying I would lose what I had learned about flying. I would go through this type of yoyoing back and forth between flying and other things, and then needing to refresh myself.
Now that winter is approaching I have been looking for more inside stuff to do. I dusted off my flight controllers, dusted out my computer tower, and started flying again.I’m not sure where I first saw the video trailer for this sim, but I wanted to get it to see what is like to fly a more realistic set up.
And this is what leads up to my apology for being an idiot and an ass. Again I most humbly apologize.My equipment:
Saitek X52 HOTAS
Windows Home 7 Premium 64-bit OS with Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @2.5 GHz
8GB RAM
My monitors are HP w1907, with the wide monitors I have had some issue with running video at the Monitors recommended resolution. I ran the res in F4AF at a 4:3 ratio, if I ran it any higher the screen would squish in and I had to be right up on the monitor to see anything, including the MFD’s
For video I installed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
Currently I have started using Mad Catz X52 Pro Flight profile editor.I think that covers every thing that was commented about.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
Thanks Rabbit, I’ve been watching some videos, and have started reading both the training, and the users manual.
My last tour as a Route Clearance Platoon Sergeant in Ramadi Iraq I thrived on the action while on missions. My particular mission was as CASEVAC, keeping the maneuver unit updated, sending the different mission reports to higher HQ, running 3 radios on 3-5 different freqs, operation of a Gyrocam, among other things. Being ADD I thrived on the controlled chaos, now I can’t watch tv and look at my iPad at the same time. I’m highly irritable, dealing with chronic PTS, take high doses of opiates, and deal with pain levels that never go below 5, listed as blind in my left eye, along with TBI.
Like I said in an earlier post, I’m not using this as an excuse. I haven’t completely learned to live with all this in the last 9 years, but have gotten better.So having complete SA in a 3D world is completely understood. Although I still get extremely frustrated. I have committed myself to learning this flight sim from Initial planning to the cold start on the apron, to landing after mission, hopefully in one piece.
I’m finding that pilots in this world are very helpful, and am curious about the printed manuals from Tiffy. Are they worth getting, or does the manual change often enough that it would be like one in the Army, constantly adding and removing pages.
If I can talk my wife into getting a 65"-70" tv, I get the 55" for my flight monitor.Is there a location I can get dimensions for some of the cockpit systems that you may be aware of?
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RE: Seriously impressed!
I went through the comments to my rant fairly quick the first time around but am reading them closer now. Thanks for telling me where to get the manuals I will need. I’m not sure how long your manuals are,m but I usually print out a chapter at a time so I can go back for quick reference.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
I feel bad for being so condescending to the OP earlier in this thread. I honestly thought you were just being troll or just very disrespectful but now we have more information
I’m not in forums enough to understand what a troll is, however, Harry Potter comes to mind.
I have found out what trolling is now. Sorry about being confused, I couldn’t understand why I was being called Shrek.
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RE: Seriously impressed!
So you’ve not spent any time setting up the sim yet. Expect 2-3 hours, depending on your setup or desires. It’ll get easier once you get used to where things are located in BMS.
I didnt download and try to fly the sim without doing anything else first. I went through a normal setup like any other game, graphics, keystrokes, etc. it took quite a bit of time to go through the key log. So no, I didn’t spend 5 hours setting up the system but I did spend time.
My key stroke editing didn’t work at all. I went back through it later and still couldn’t get the keystroke setup I wanted. So I will have to learn a new set of keystrokes. As for a complete setup, I understand things take time, trial and error, that kind of stuff. Although flares and chaff on the second trigger position is rather ingenious.
I look forward to reading everything I can. Although I’m not a computer programmer I’ll try to get into the locations I’ve been told to check out.
Thanks Ice